When we first heard of the eyeball-blinding, skin-scorching capabilities of the the Spyder III Arctic, the world’s most powerful portable laser, I wasn’t necessarily convinced it was all it was cracked up to be. This video confirms: crazily, terrifyingly powerful.
As many have pointed out, this is an extremely dangerous laser, and since its announcement Wicked Lasers, the company have added some safety and training measures requisite for purchase. Our Arctic Spyder III will be arriving any day now, for (safe, controlled) testing. Any crazy ideas for what we should do with this blue beam of terror (in a safe, controlled environment) when it arrives? Let us know in the comments. [Wicked Lasers via Jon Phillips]
malJohann
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:39 AMFry bacon, then eat it. Also, try to “boil” an egg without the water.
Mark
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:31 AMPlease explode highly pressurised stuff, maybe start with a balloon and work your way up to a basket ball. oooh can you put some talc in the balloon for effect
Brendan
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 1:46 PMBetter yet, Hydrogen… if you can get it…
Chris Guerin
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:33 AMGet yourself a wood-fireplace, and see if you can light it without firelighters or matches.
Steven
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:40 AMTime how long it takes to burn through the Yellow Pages
John
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:55 AMPlace one in a lego spaceship and use it to melt another spaceship.
David
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 11:34 AMBurn your initials in the moon.
Brendan
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 1:53 PMTime how long it takes to melt a hole through 1Kg block of Cheddar cheese,
Carve/melt/inscribe “Gizmodo” into some steel cutlery,
Heat a brick paver for three minutes…
point it at a shaken can of shaving cream –> Video footage of the results please.
Daniel
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 3:58 PMSetup a room full of mirrors and invite your ex to check it out.
Daniel S
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:06 PMRemember melting G.I.Joe’s with a magnifying glass.
Well…
David Davidson
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 4:07 AMThe Arctic III’s will be shipped from Wicked Lasers on July 15th (check your email from WL) so I wouldn’t be expecting them to arrive any day now unless they’re shipped some out early.
I bought two Arctic III’s so I can have mock light saber duels at night. ^_^ Don’t worry, we’ll be careful not to burn our eyes out. Actually the main reason I got them is due to the fact that they’re so powerful and inexpensive.
I bought a green laser a few years back that was rated at 250-500mW (500mW being half of 1W) and it cost over $900. These lasers SHOULD cost well over $2,000 for a blue laser (Blue is traditionally more expensive than other laser colors) with 1W of power.
I suggest that you take photos/video of the laser beam cutting through the night sky (careful to avoid aircraft of course).
Dr_Stef
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 3:58 PMTry and hack it into an even more powerful laser.
It needs to at least burn through metal faster than 10 sec!